Performance

Venue	Plaza Theatre
Town	Stockport
County	Cheshire
From	9th December 2005
To	8th January 2006
When	Times vary, check with Box Office
Prices	From £9.00. To £13.00.
What is currently on at Plaza Theatre (V0766695186)

Dick Whittington

T1592380629
Pantomime about a boy and his cat who set off to London to make their fortune - usually with Dick's Brother (Idle Jack) and mother - there they usually meet Baron Fitzwarren and sail away to seek treasure. In some versions King Rat goes with them to steal the treasure, in others they reach a land infested with rats where they haven't heard of cats and Dick does a deal, returning home rich he becomes Lord Mayor of London. Based extremely loosely on a real person (Richard Whittington, 1350 to 1423), there is a statue of the cat outside the Whittington Hospital in North London where Dick is supposed to have heard the bells say "Turn again Whittington, Lord Mayor of London" as he trudged away from the city. First recorded panto on this theme was in 1814.

Archive :: production:T1592380629, panto:S5912, venue:V0766695186

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Company

Producer	Plaza Stockport
Author	David Vickers
Author	Richard Chandler
Director	David Vickers
Director	Richard Chandler
Performer	Ken Morley (Dame Sarah Suet)
Performer	Steven Cartait (Dick Whittington)
Performer	Daphne Neville (The Fairy of the Bells)
Performer	Peter Chapman (King Rat)
Performer	Neil Patrick (Alderman Fitzwarren)
Performer	Louise Frank (Alice Fitzwarren)
Performer	Tam Ryan (Idle Jack)
Performer	Antony Law (The Mate)
Performer	Benjamin Goodridge (The Captain)
Company	Mosaic Puppet Fantasy

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